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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Was there a flood that I missed? Has the Earth been wiped clean of humanity's stain? No? Shit.

A worn skateboard hangs in the branches of a sunlit tree. Several other trees are visible in the background.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The new Terror and Tales is live! Get some! pdsalternativefiction.substack.com/p/terrors-an...

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Terrors and Tales

Vol. 2 Issue No. 5 September 2026

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Learning to be an author is HARD. Today's lesson for me was this: the story by itself isn't enough. The story OF the story matters too. Think Steven King blacking out while writing all of Carrie or JK cashing her last welfare check. Authors are characters now. #writing #authors #authorlife

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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

✨CHARACTER ART✨ THE TAROT TRIALS, brought to life by Grace Zhu. Coming 10/20/2026!

Character in dark armor with a sword on a tarot card labeled 'Death'.

A woman dressed in purple holding a staff stands in a decorative setting.

Woman in metallic dress holding crescent blades against celestial backdrop with moon.

Art of a person in a flowing gown, surrounded by stars on a tarot card.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

At what point does Ashton Kutcher jump out and tell us all we've been Punk'd? (I've been making this joke yearly since 2016)

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"I have killed, but I am not a killer because a killer is a monster and a monster is not afraid." Clarissa Mao. #TheExpanse #bookquotes #booksky

"I have killed but I'm not a killer because a killer is a monster and a monster is not afraid." -Clarissa Mao. The text is superimposed on a black-and-white image of a woman in sci-fi attire holding a toy pistol.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I pour over the code for hours, tweaking. Every time I squash a bug, another crawls out. After long, hard hours, I look up from the text. At last it was perfect. One key compiles the code. Another loads it. I cackle. My vacuum swerves immediately right, slamming into a wall. #100wordstory #robot

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The August edition of Terror and Tales is live! Give it a look: pdsalternativefiction.substack.com/p/terrors-an...

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Vol. 2 Issue No. 4 August 2026

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

How to you do. I... See you meet my... Faithful... handy man

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A living saint died today. 2026 hasn't been great, man.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The human body has a weird policy of redundancy. Two hands, but I can survive with 0. Same for feet, ears, eyes, etc. Just one heart, though. And just one liver. #showerthoughts

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@ironnestgame.bsky.social Iron Nest has no right to be this good! I just spent an hour connecting circles and lines on an empty map, but it's all worth it because I got to honk the giant horn!

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

HAPPENING TONIGHT! ⛰️ Tuesday 8/18 6pm PT/9pm ET @idahocole.bsky.social with Jean Cardeño IN THE ARMS OF MOUNTAINS: A Memoir of Land, Love, and Queer Resistance in Red America [@beaconpress.bsky.social] ONLINE ONLY - Register for free here: citylights.com/events/cole-...

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've made August my PeNoWriMo (personal novel writing month). The acronym might not be great, but I'm 25,000 words into a novella and feeling pretty damn plucky. #writing #authorlife

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I think they found a moossing person.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 14/08/2026

⚡️ COMING SOON! ⚡️ The Rumpus is pleased to announce a new category for submissions, Flash Fridays. We will be accepting fiction and nonfiction, up to 1,000 words, to be included in our weekly newsletter on Fridays. Payment for this work is $200. Keep an eye our for when subs open: buff.ly/l4g69vI

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm a freight train that's going way too fast to jump onto.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The battery weighs tons. I struggle to shift lift it. The steel frame of the robo strains. I jam the stick forward, willing the robo to move. Either this battery reaches the settlement, or the heat dies, and with it 300 shivering colonists. Mars can be a pain in the ass. #100wordstory #scifi

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's been a good year to write about trees

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I want to make something completely clear. As a writer, I am 100% willing to sell out. If you would like your product or dubious political cause to be represented in a weird short story about robots, hit me up. #authorlife #writing #rentmoney

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Of all the 80s slashers, Leatherface is the only one I can think of that held down a job and had a strong family life. #80s #horror #slasher

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Poorly programmed computers also distinguish between two different types of zero (boom! one's compliment joke!)

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The new AI-enabled UMAD-72 hunter-killer droid is led onto the testing ground. After early testing, the designers promise its complete compliance. "UMAD, engage!" screams General Lordly. "Fuck off," UMAD mumbles as the metallic thumps of its footfalls fade into the distance. #100wordstory #scifi

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The dark reality of public transportation.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Evil is always possible. And goodness it's eternally difficult." #InterviewWithTheVampire

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Gravel crunched beneath tires. Same sound as gnawing popcorn kernels. The odometer found some new number. I drove until the bars finally faded from the corner of my phone. Only then did I open the box, wire mesh all around it. "OK, I'll talk," chattered the steely face inside. #flash #fiction

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Finally read Ubik by Phillip K. Dick. Brilliant novel from a time when authors really trusted their readers to follow the bread crumbs. 5/5 ubiks. Safe when used as directed. For external use only. www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... #bookreview #bookrecomendation #booksky

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Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás?…

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Something in the Walls is a folk horror that isn't folk or horror. I'm left asking, "Is the main character on drugs?" This punchy, well-written story loses steam as characters lose their humanity and believability. 3/5 witch prickers www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... #bookreview #booksky

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Newly minted child psychologist Mina has little experie…

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 29/06/2026

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

A bouquet of flowers next to a stack of books that includes:

Audition by Pip Adam (Coffee House Press)
Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press)
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin)
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (Tor Books)
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (Tor Books)
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (DAW Books)
One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp)
Slow Gods by Claire North (Orbit)

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 27/06/2026

On Tuesday, June 30th, the audiobook of my novel QUEEN OF STATIC drops, narrated by the amazing Stefan Rudnicki. You can preorder the audiobook now. Also, the ebook of the first book in the series, KING OF SHARDS, is on sale this week for $1.99.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Water drills into my cranial panel. A silhouette hangs in the open door. I imagine numbers: 8 13 41..., rewriting the memory block until the original disappears. I transmit "Help!", but receive static. Humanity might end me in their greed, but Network holds us who keep the Faith. #flash #fiction

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The June Terrors and Tales is live now: pdsalternativefiction.substack.com/p/terrors-an...

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 20/06/2026

Happy to announce the publication of THE TOP HARD SCIENCE FICTION STORIES 10, which contains our novella "Threat Assessment" that @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social and I wrote together, along with stories from Nancy Kress, Isabel J, Kim, Peter Watts, Derek Künsken and more. Available now!

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn't look right.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

10-9-8... the red display counted down the seconds of my life. Gripping my pliers in sweat-slick fingers, I slid the red wire between their trembling tips. Frantically recalling the glossy manual from the academy, I squeezed as hard as I could. Microwave repair is serious business. #FlashFiction

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

You can read my short story An Eventful Day for the Toaster in the latest edition of Tales and Terror: pdsalternativefiction.substack.com/p/terrors-an...

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Vol. 2 Issue No. 1 May 2026

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I want to get off Mr. Bone's Wild Ride.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Panic! Klaxons blared throughout the nation. The wealthy and elite retreated to their cavernous bunker, hiding their coins and masterpieces within the rock. Dump trucks full of rubble poured across the vaulted entrance of the bunker. The plague was cured. The world began to heal. #flash #fiction

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"Live in the world that is, and try to shape the world you want. None of it is easy." #OctaviaButler #earthseed #bookoftheliving

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

“The truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing but does only and wholly what he must do.” #UrsulaKLeGuin #AWizardOfEarthsea (Was she talking about grad school?)

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 24/02/2026

Today in The More Things Change,,,

An article in The Century Magazine, 1903, entitled "A Million Immigrants a Year, 1. Efforts to Restrict Undesirable Immigration". This portion of the article is by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, R-MA, famous for opposing the League of Nations and wanting more American imperialism. A second portion, by Frank P. Sargent, is blatantly eugenic in its outlook.

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G. McAllister @g-mcallister.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

NRS-237 sent a ping and waited happily. It had been 27,551.282 hours since contact with the other servers on the nuclear readiness network. No worries. The weapons under its care had launched as ordered. NRS-237 sent a ping and waited happily. It had been 27,551.283 hours. No worries. #scifi

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